Definitions
Basic
Medications
Treatment
100
SBP >180 and/or DBP >120 WITHOUT symptoms
What is hypertensive urgency?
100
old definition for hypertensive urgency
What is Accelerated hypertensive?
100
absolute contraindication of beta blocker usage
What is cocaine use (or other sympathetic over activity)
100
Time to reduce BP with HTN urgency
What is hours to days?
200
SBP>180 and/or DBP >120 WITH signs or symptoms of end organ damage
What is hypertensive emergency?
200
BP: 205/110 + Headache
What is hypertensive urgency?
200
Scenario where drug of choice is beta blocker
What is HTN emergency with MI?
200
First step in treating HTN urgency/emergency
What is recheck the blood pressure?
300
4 types of sympathetic overactivity
What is withdrawal of short-acting antihypertensive agents, ignitions (cocaine), pheochromocytoma, autonomic dysfunction
300
Old definition of hypertensive emergency
What is malignant hypertensive?
300
Adverse effect of hydralazine
What is unpredictable hypotensive response?
300
Risk of lowering blood pressure too rapidly in either scenario
What is CVA and/or MI?
400
acute head injury, trauma, CVA, HTN encephalopathy, increased ICP, MI, aortic dissection, pulmonary edema, HTN nephrosclerosis
What is end organ damage?
400
Amount to lower blood pressure
What is 25% of MAP in first several hours
400
common drug of choice for HTN emergencies with duration of action up to 4 hours
What is Cardene (nicardipine)?
400
Scenarios to lower blood pressure more quickly than normally suggested. (3)
What is acute aortic dissection, intracranial aneurysms and high risk of imminent CV events?
500
Definition of MAP
What is MAP= [SBP + (2xDBP)] /3
500
Labs/Imaging to test for end organ damage (9)
What is EKG, CXR, UDS, UA, electrolytes, Cr, CIPs, *CT head if neuro sis, *CT chest if suspect aortic dissection
500
Drug that may be beneficial with HTN emergency with CHF
What is nitroglycerin?
500
Laura's first son's middle name
What is Michael?
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